so more out of los angeles as we get it. jon: back inside america's election headquarters, and right now president obama is coming off a trip to colorado, one of the most competitive swing states in the 2012 campaign. the president reaching out to middle class voters in jefferson county, a suburban area on the west side of denver. republican challengers mitt romney and paul ryan both holding recent events in the same area. republicans say the key to success in colorado could be winning back jefferson county. it was once considered a republican stronghold. the latest polls show president obama pulling ahead in colorado, he is up by nearly four points in the real clear politics polling average. he leads 49-45.3%. let's take a look at some of the facts from colorado. the economy there, well, unemployment just even with the national average, 8.3%, the u.s. 8.3%. these are july figures, i should point out. the unemployment rate actually dropped a little bit, but that was large hi because of -- largely because of people leaving th